Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-06-18
ALL MUST BE LOST;

ALL MUST BE LOST;
that It was only question of O few
minutes when every structure in the
CITY must ss.acnInb to the ruthless ele.
ments. Men at their places OF business
away from their homes and families
we're driven wild at the thought of q
wrecked home and dear ones dead and
mutilated, and they utterly helpless tc
70 to their rescue. The scene on the
streets was awful in the extreme: the
noise occasioned by buildings going
down before the storm, the crash OF
breaking glass, the sight of huge and
heavy roofs picked up bodily from the
buildings, Snd lodging in the center Of
the streets, teams breaking from their
fastenings on the streets and runn,nc
wildly hither and thither to get out oi
the howling storm all went to add to the
horror OF the moment. The storm ragged
Tor half.hour, the wind and rain having
relaxing for second to lend the slight
est hope or cheer to those inside the
quivering buildings, the raging ele-
ments seemingly getting
NEW STRENGTH AND IMPETUS
with each succeeding moment. A few
minutes before four O'Clock o aliRht
light was noticeable, and clouds began
TO break away to the northwest OF the
CITY. The rain now began to slacken
and the wind to lower, and il became
evident that the worst was over. AS
soon as men could keep their feet on the
streets general stampede took place
from business houses, Offices, etc. OF men
breRthlessly Fastening to their homes.
Ii did not take long to ascertain the
casualties, and the sighs Of relief heard
on almost every hand betokened state
OF affairs vastly less deplorable than any
Lad dared to anticipate. The weight Of
the storm seemed not to extend farther
south than Kittson avenue, the damage
done south OF that thoroughfare being
trivial, but at several points, especially
in the northern and western portions of
tho clty, the effects OF the hurricane
were painfully visible. The first place
visited WAS vacant building next to the
MoCleman house. on International ave-
nue.. The building was Of two stories,
the second occuEied by the family OF
MIR. Starblrd. In this apartment were
six persons, Mrs. Stsrbird and her thres
children, CoraA. Bright, girl oftwelve
Albert. q boy OF fifteen; the third an in
FAINT Of less than year, and Mrs. Follet,
whose husband is engineer on steamer
at Fargo, and her mother, Mrs. Davis,
who was on visit from her home ia
Iowa. The boy made his escape through
the rear door before the building colla-
psed and Mrs. Starbud, who with her
infant In her arms was about fleeing
when the building was
PICKED UP ny THE WIND
and carried into the middle OF the street,
where she was rescued. Cora Starbird
was instantly killed by being struck on
the temple by falling timber. Mrs.
Follets also met her death in the ruins,
and her mother, Mrs. Davis, received
injuries from which her death is mo-
mentarily expected. In the Manitoba
repair shops ten men were at work when
the storm broke. The building
WAS formerly used ae rannd-honse,
and under the floor was nit
where the wIpers used to stand In
cleaning the lower parts OF the engine
Peter Stensit, the boss, at once lowered
himself into this hole, and was followed
by Edward Larson and Frank McG GuIre.
The other men had not time to get to
the opening in the floor before the build
ing fell and oil were caught in the ruins
and more OK leBs injured, One Of them,
Charles Meinatrum. having his head and
side OF his face 80 badly smashed that
he cannot recover. Several OF the others
had close calls for their lives. bnt escap-.
sd without serious injuries. The build
ing Was totally wrecked, not timber
being left standing. The Manitoba
railroad eating house, adjoining the
passenger depot, was totally destroyed.
The escape OF several persons from the
structure as it was falling was almost
miraculous. Two OF the inmates receiv-
ed painful but not serious injuries, =.
Sullivan was struck in the side by fly-
ing board ond Russ Hill had his spine
seriously injured by some OF the timbers
falling on him after he had been knock
ed down by blow upon the head with
q board.